I don’t know why, maybe it’s the snow we’ve gotten the past couple of days here in Denver, but I found my brain wandering back down some very old roads, leading me back to Fresno. Maybe it was my chat…

This weekend I spent a lot of time inside my house. A mood overtook me Friday night and I didn’t really want to do much of anything. Originally, I had several plans in mind, including a motorcycle expo I’m glad…

Official Description: Alan Rickman stars as legendary NYC club owner Hilly Kristal, who during the 1970s, wanted to create a venue for country, bluegrass and blues music (thus the name CBGB). When those acts became difficult to book, he shifted…

Official Description: From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that…

A few updates. Mom I’ve been talking a lot lately about the stuff going on around here, especially with my mom. Not a lot has changed. I’m concentrating on one step at a time with her. She is very resistant…

Official Description: From the director of CHICAGO and the producer of WICKED comes a modern twist on the beloved fairy tales you thought you knew. Meryl Streep stars in this epic musical saga about daring to venture INTO THE WOODS.…

Well, I did it. I know it’s been a long time coming, but the second eBook in the Cord Cahill Serials is finally here – Unfinished Business. Buy it for Kindle – $2.99. Buy it for Nook – $2.99. The road…

Official Description: In a time of enchantments when legends and magic collide, the sole remaining warrior of a mystical order (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) travels to find a prophesied hero born with incredible powers, the last Seventh Son (Ben Barnes of…

Official Description: GRAVITY, directed by Oscar nominee Alfonso Cuaron, stars Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant…

If you didn’t already know it, I write a twice monthly column on the Kirkus Reviews blog focused on graphic novels. This year, despite lots of stuff going on around casa de ATFMB, I managed to read and review 24 graphic…

Official Description: Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke and Keri Russell star in this thrilling next chapter of The Planet of the Apes. It is 2026, and humanity has been pushed to near extinction by a deadly virus. When a…

Time to round up the podcasts from November for both SF Signal and Functional Nerds. Had a lot of fun chatting with all of these folks, so you should go give them a listen. Here goes: SF Signal Episode 308: An…

Official Description: Whenever Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) touches a lapel pin with the letter T on it, she finds herself transported to Tomorrowland, a city filled with huge robots and sleek buildings. The gifted young woman recruits the help of…

Isn’t it interesting the things we do to cope? I tend to clean. Obsessively. Even things that probably don’t need to be cleaned at the moment. Usually at odd hours. I don’t think it’s a secret that I binge watch…

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Patrick Hester is a Paladin, an author, blogger and a 2013 Hugo Award Winner. He is also a Hugo Nominated Podcast Producer/Host who lives in Colorado and writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]